1531.132
Felony conviction precludes or terminates employment.

(1)
The chief of the division of wildlife
shall not designate a person as a game protector on a permanent basis, on a
temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if
the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony.

(ii)
Pleads
guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in
division (D) of section
2929.43 of the Revised Code in
which the game protector agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to the
game protector under section
109.77 of the Revised Code.

(b)
The chief shall
suspend from employment as a game protector a person designated as a game
protector if that person is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the game
protector files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by
the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the game protector does
not file a timely appeal, the chief shall terminate the employment of that game
protector. If the game protector files an appeal that results in the game
protector's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the
dismissal of the felony charge against the game protector, the chief shall
reinstate that game protector. A game protector who is reinstated under
division (B)(2)(b) of this section shall not receive any back pay unless that
game protector's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony
charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict
the game protector of the felony.

(3)
Division (B) of this section does not
apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997.

(4)
The suspension from
employment, or the termination of the employment, of a game protector under
division (B)(2) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the
Revised Code.